Weekend Talk Shows/Aug. 16-17

THE REUTERS TV WEEKEND DAYBOOK

Saturday and Sunday

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Saturday

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7 a.m. -- WASHINGTON JOURNAL (C-SPAN):

Former CIA Russia analyst George Beebe discusses "President Trump holding direct talks with Russian President Putin in Alaska about ending its war with Ukraine."

Robert Woodson, founder of the Woodson Center discusses "President Trump's recent actions to address crime in Washington, D.C. and how communities could be improved."

7 a.m. -- THE WEEKEND (MSNBC):

An interview with Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford (D).

An interview with Erica Groshen, former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

5 p.m. -- POLITICS NATION (MSNBC):

An interview with movie director Spike Lee.

An interview with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D).

An interview with Rep. Nicole Collier (D-Texas).

An interview with Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.).

6 p.m. -- THE WEEKEND: PRIMETIME (MSNBC):

An interview with former Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.).

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Sunday

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7 a.m. -- WASHINGTON JOURNAL (C-SPAN):

Ivan Eland, director of the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute, discusses "his view of the economic and domestic causes behind foreign conflicts engaged in by the U.S."

Donald Whitehead of the National Coalition for the Homeless discusses "efforts by President Trump to move homeless encampments from Washington, D.C. and what the federal government does to provide assistance."

7 a.m. -- THE WEEKEND (MSNBC):

An interview with Pennsylvania state representative Malcolm Kenyatta, vice chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).

An interview with Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.).

An interview with Iowa state representative Josh Turek (D), an Iowa Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.

An interview with Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D).

An interview with actor Dijmon Hounsou.

8 a.m. -- INSIDE POLITICS SUNDAY (CNN):

A panel discussion with Politico White House bureau chief Dasha Burns; New York Times White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs; New York Times White House and national security correspondent David Sanger; Julie Ioffe, founding partner and Washington correspondent at Puck; and David Weigel, national politics reporter at Semafor.

9 a.m. -- THIS WEEK WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC):

An interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

An interview with former national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

An interview with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).

An interview with Robert Dannenberg, former chief of the CIA's Central Eurasia Division.

9 a.m. -- FOX NEWS SUNDAY WITH SHANNON BREAM (FOX):

An interview with U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.

An interview with former national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

An interview with Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.).

A political roundtable with Michael Allen, former Bush White House national security official; OutKick columnist Mary Katharine Ham, co-host of the "Getting Hammered" podcast; Hans Nichols, author of the "Hill Leaders" newsletter; and FOX News senior political analyst Juan Williams.

An interview with retired U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Leighton Willhite, a 100-year-old veteran of the Battle of Iwo Jima.

9 a.m. -- STATE OF THE UNION WITH JAKE TAPPER AND DANA BASH (CNN):

An interview with U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff.

An interview with former Vice President Mike Pence.

A political roundtable with Nayyera Haq, former senior director of cabinet affairs in the Obama White House; Republican strategist Brad Todd; Repblican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson; and former South Carolina state representative Bakari Sellers (D).

10 a.m. -- NEWSNATION'S THE HILL SUNDAY (NEWS NATION):

An interview with Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.

An interview with Rep. Jimmy Patronis (R-Fla.).

An interview with former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-Texas), former U.S. ambassador to NATO.

A political roundtable with Washington Post columnist and NewsNation senior political contributor George Will; Jessica Taylor, Senate and governors editor at The Cook Political Report; National Public Radio White House correspondent Franco Ordonez; and Hannah Brandt, political correspondent for Nexstar Washington, D.C.

10 a.m. -- SUNDAY MORNING FUTURES WITH MARIA BARTIROMO (FOX NEWS):

An interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

An interview with U.S. pardon attorney Ed Martin, director of the Weaponization Working Group for the Justice Department.

An interview with Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).

An interview with former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), former speaker of the House.

10 a.m. -- FAREED ZAKARIA GPS (CNN):

An interview with former national security adviser Jake Sullivan.

An interview with Alexander Gabuev, director of Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center.

An interview with former Baltimore health commissioner Dr. Leana Wen, former president of Planned Parenthood.

An interview with Derek Thompson, co-author of "Abundance: How We Build a Better Future."

10 a.m. -- VELSHI (MSNBC):

An interview with Alexander Vindman, former director of European affairs at the National Security Council.

10:30 a.m. -- MEET THE PRESS WITH KRISTEN WELKER (NBC):

An interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

An interview with Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).

A political roundtable with former State Department spokesperson Ned Price; Republican strategist Sara Fagen; Politico politics bureau chief and senior political columnist Jonathan Martin; and NBC News chief Washington correspondent and chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell.

10:30 a.m. -- FACE THE NATION WITH MARGARET BRENNAN (CBS):

An interview with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

A taped interview with Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). [For an excerpt, go to: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/transcript-alaska-sen-dan-sullivan-face-the-nation-with-margaret-brennan-17-08-2025/]

An interview with Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.).

An interview with Fiona Hill, former senior director for European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council.

11 a.m. -- MEDIA BUZZ (FOX NEWS):

The guests are: retired Army Gen. Wesley Clark, former NATO supreme allied commander; Rich Lowry, editor in chief at National Review; Meghan Hays, former Biden White House director of message planning; Sarah Bedford is the investigations editor for the Washington Examiner; and former DNC delegate Richard Fowler.

5 p.m. -- POLITICS NATION (MSNBC):

An interview with Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

An interview with Rep. Nikema Willaims (D-Ga.).

6 p.m. -- THE WEEKEND: PRIMETIME (MSNBC):

An interview with Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.).

An interview with Oklahoma state representative Gabe Woolley (R).

8 p.m. -- Q&A (C-SPAN):

A taped interview with Jane McManus, author of "The Fast Track: Inside the Surging Business of Women's Sports." [For a videolink, go to: https://www.c-span.org/program/qa/jane-mcmanus/658648.]

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The Reuters Weekend TV Daybook

Saturday and Sunday/August 16-17, 2025

REUTERS